{"id":30575,"date":"2023-09-20T23:40:24","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T21:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/?post_type=purple_issue&#038;p=30575"},"modified":"2023-09-20T23:40:24","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T21:40:24","slug":"the-past-in-pictures-whipper-snappers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/2023\/09\/20\/the-past-in-pictures-whipper-snappers\/","title":{"rendered":"The past in pictures: Whipper snappers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"no-tts wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"no-tts aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/8ac31f2f-d835-4bcb-bcd6-3e5015ed4ff7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-30571\" width=\"100\" height=\"137\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center\">THE PAST IN PICTURES<\/h5>\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center\">Whipper snappers<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif intro\">Billed as the world\u2019s first wildlife photographers, brothers Richard and Cherry Kearton risked their lives to shoot astounding images<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"no-tts wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"no-tts aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/2F5MWY4_preview-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-30810\" width=\"1126\" height=\"1464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/2F5MWY4_preview-edited.jpg 1501w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/2F5MWY4_preview-edited-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/2F5MWY4_preview-edited-787x1024.jpg 787w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/2F5MWY4_preview-edited-768x999.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/2F5MWY4_preview-edited-1181x1536.jpg 1181w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1126px) 100vw, 1126px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap article-full-body sans-serif dropcap\"><span style=\"\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-ccp-white-color\">T<\/span><\/span>he first cameras were clunky contraptions ill-suited to wildlife photography, until two determined Yorkshire photographers, former farmer Richard Kearton (1862\u20131928) and his brother Cherry (1871\u20131940) came along. The Keartons used all their impressive ingenuity to take a series of pioneering images in the wild, including the first photograph of a bird\u2019s nest with eggs, in April 1892. The image above, \u2018Peewit, or lapwing\u2019, was taken 10 years later. Their improvised methods included naturalistic hides (even a hollow model cow), camouflage and quiet camera shutters. In the image below, taken in 1900, they have extended their tripod with poles lashed on with twine to shoot a bird. We still feel the brothers\u2019 influence today \u2013 their photography is said to have enthused the young David Attenborough. <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"no-tts wp-block-image article-in-image photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1680\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/87654381-95c9-45f0-858e-70b5bc78d184.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-30573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/87654381-95c9-45f0-858e-70b5bc78d184.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/87654381-95c9-45f0-858e-70b5bc78d184-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/87654381-95c9-45f0-858e-70b5bc78d184-840x1024.jpg 840w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/87654381-95c9-45f0-858e-70b5bc78d184-768x936.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/87654381-95c9-45f0-858e-70b5bc78d184-1260x1536.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1680px) 100vw, 1680px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"footer\">Photos: Alamy, Getty<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brothers Richard and Cherry Kearton risked their lives to shoot astounding 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